Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Long-term Effectiveness of the Reading Recovery Early Reading Intervention Program in a Rural School District
(2011-12-05)
There are many programs that specialize in teaching students the necessary strategies for reading. But which ones will have the greatest impact and provide lasting skills to struggling students? The purpose of this study ...
DNA Barcoding and Related Molecular Markers for Fish Species Authentication, Phylogenetic Assessment and Population Studies
(2011-12-05)
This study highlighted the usage of molecular genetic markers in fish species and population level studies to address food safety and ecological issues. Species level study was constructed based on the growing concern in ...
Wildlife Restoration via Forest Management in Fire-Suppressed Longleaf Pine Sandhills
(2011-12-02)
The once-extensive longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem of the southeastern United States has been reduced to a fraction of its historic extent. A fire-adapted system, many remaining fragments have been fire-suppressed ...
African American Teacher Leaders: Selection, Supports, Barriers
(2011-12-02)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences, if any, existed in the
selection, supports and barriers to teacher leadership between African American and Caucasian
teacher leaders based on the perceptions ...
Terrain Characterization and Roughness Estimation for Simulation and Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles
(2011-12-02)
This dissertation presents a methodology for generating artificial terrains for simulation of off-road vehicles. Furthermore it develops and evaluates methods for characterizing the terrain for the control of unmanned ...
Links between Body Image and Internalizing Behaviors Among College-Age Youth: Similarities or Differences by Sex, Level of Acculturation, and Racial/ethnic groups and Who’s “Doing” What?: An Investigation of Regional Trends in Sexual Activity and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among College-Age Youth
(2011-12-01)
The current studies were conducted based on data from the Multi-Site University Study of Identity and Culture (MUSIC) (Schwartz et al., 2010), a collaborative effort that began in 2006 and now has collected data on three ...
Spend, Tax, and Save: The Impact of Public Enterprises on Local Finances in Georgia
(2011-12-01)
Although public owned enterprises have rarely received the attention of the American public, their presence across the nation is heavy and their role in governance fundamental. Public enterprises have existed since the ...
Eighteenth-Century Losers: Anxious Performances of Masculinity in Long Eighteenth- Century England
(2011-12-01)
My dissertation investigates how a group of male comedic figures (cuckolds, impotent men, and old bachelors) relate to an ongoing debate in the eighteenth century about the marriage problem. Largely ignored by scholars as ...
An Intelligent and Interactive Simulation and Tutoring Environment for Exploring and Learning Simple Machines
(2011-12-01)
Students in middle school science classes have difficulty mastering physics concepts such as energy and work, taught in the context of simple machines. Moreover, students' naive conceptions of physics often remain unchanged ...
The effects of dietary and skeletal calcium availability on reproductive performance of mammals
(2011-12-01)
Investment in offspring production often requires the mobilization of endogenous resources, a strategy which may negatively impact maternal condition. In mammals, skeletal ossification in growing offspring requires ...
A Universally Usable and Anonymous Approach to Voter Write-Ins Using Multimodal Interaction and Prediction Techniques
(2011-11-30)
The primary objective of the research in this dissertation is to develop a system in which any person, regardless of ability or disability, can efficiently, anonymously, and independently write-in a candidate’s name during ...
The Influence of Gender Views, Behaviors and Their Consistency on African American Marital Quality
(2011-11-30)
Prior research findings have repeatedly supported the link between egalitarianism and high marital quality among married Americans overall. However, findings linking egalitarianism to marital quality for African American ...
Essays on Applied Resource Economics Using Bioeconomic Optimization Models
(2011-11-30)
With rising demographic growth, there is increasing interest in analytical studies that
assess alternative policies to provide an optimal allocation of scarce natural resources while
ensuring environmental sustainability. ...
Measuring Motivation and Tendencies Towards Self-directedness Within Information Technology in an Academic Workplace
(2011-11-30)
Advances in industry have placed a high demand on the workforce to maintain constant
training. Some of the concerns that face administrators and supervisors are the best methods to
keep current with new technology, how ...
Molecular phylogenetic characterization of microbial community dynamics associated with freshwater stream environmental organic matter sources
(2011-11-30)
The effects of various biotic and abiotic factors on microbial community dynamics during leaf breakdown were assessed through a series of in situ leaf breakdown studies within the Fort Benning Military Installation (FBMI), ...
Designing a Landscape Based on Childhood Play
(2011-11-30)
Children have the right to play. Throughout history we have recordings of children playing in all cultures. PLAY is a basic need along with nutrition, health, shelter and education. It is vital to the development of all ...
Urban Floodplain Design: Utilizing the Regenerative Disturbance of Flooding to Create Form and Habitat Within the Urban Landscape
(2011-11-30)
Village Creek watered the industrial machine that became Birmingham, AL. Once seen as the lifeblood of the city, attitudes towards Village Creek have deteriorated due to a century of poor development decisions. By creating ...
Landscape Disturbance: Using Initial Conditions to Establish Urban Terrain as an Ongoing Negotiation
(2011-11-30)
Rethinking the traditional urban design function of a master plan has become increasingly important in recent years. Not only is there now a recognized need to design in order to accommodate change over time, but there is ...
Eating the Landscape You Live In: How Can Contemporary Communities Be Incorporated into the Agricultural Landscape?
(2011-11-30)
This thesis explores the idea of creating settlements that function aesthetically, as well as economically, by designing and incorporating human living conditions into productive agrarian landscapes. The project designs a ...
Sensorial Ecology: The Hapticity of Site
(2011-11-30)
This project intends to expose the intense rapport between self and the environment via the experiential nature of the haptic realm. The theoretical objective behind the research, and its accompanying explorations, explores ...